Game apparatus.



P. B. ATKINS.

, GAME APPARATUS. APPLICATION mum JUNE 11, 1907. Y

, Patented Aug. 9, 1910.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

PERCY B. ATKINS, OF SPRINGFIELD, MASSACHUSETTS, ASSIG-NOR TOMILTON'BRADLEY COMPANY, OF SPRINGFIELD, MASSACHUSETTS, A CORPORATION.

GAME APPARATUS.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Aug. 9, 1910.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, PERCY B. ATKINS, a citizen of the United States ofAmerica, residing at Springfield, in the county of Hampden and State ofMassachusetts, have invented new and useful Improvements in GameApparatus, of which the following is a specification.

My present invention relates to improvements in game apparatus in whichthe obj set is to provide a projectile that is adapted to be thrown ortossed onto a target, being of any desired shape but preferably conicalin form and having a rounded or semispherical weighted base, wherebywhen the projectile engages or falls upon a horizontally placed targetthe same will remain practically at the point where it strikes thetarget, the weighted base serving the purpose of preventing furthermovement on the board after engaging the same.

In the drawings forming part of this ap plication,Figure 1 shows thegeneral idea of playing the game, the target being placed on a fiatsurface as a table, and the player, standing at the opposite end of thetable, tossing or throwing the projectile on the target. Fig. 2 is adetail vertical sectional view on the line 2-2, of Fig. 3, and Fig. 3 isan elevational view of the projectile. Fig. 4 a detailed horizontalsectional view on the line 4% of Fig. 2.

Referring to these drawings in detail, a designates the target board onwhich are located the series of concentric circles 12, c, d, e, f, g,and h each of which bears or has placed thereon a number, as shown. Thecircles, designated by b, d, f and h are shown with a mottled surface torepresent colors, either of the same or different shades.

Referring to the projectile which is shown in full lines in Fig. 3 anddesignated by the letter i, the same is made conical in form and has asemi-spherical or rounded base portion j within which is placed theweighted element 70 which is secured to the conical portion 2' of theprojectile by means of a covering. an that is pasted or otherwisesecured thereto, as indicated at the point 0. The conical part i of theprojectile is preferably made of some 1i ht weight material, aspasse-partout binding, that may be readily twisted into this form andmade adherent to the covering m.

It will be readily understood from the construction of the projectilethat when it is tossed or thrown, as indicated in Fig. 1, that theweighted portion is will cause the projectile to remain practically inthe place on the target where it falls, by reason of its semi-sphericallower surface which contains the weight.

The projectiles are preferably made of different colors to correspondwith the colored rings of the target so that when the proectile falls ona corresponding color, different values will be given to the throw, andusually counts double when the projectile falls on the uncolored ringsor circles.

The rules of the game may be varied in any suitable way and are onlyreferred to here incidentally, it being understood that they have noparticular bearing on the description of the apparatus which enters intothe construction of the elements composing the game.

It is of course apparent that any suitable number of projectiles may beused in playing the game, and that any suitable number of them may becolored to correspond with the colored circles of the target orgameboard. Also, the values of the circles, as numbered, may be variedin any suitable way without departing from the spirit and scope of theinvention and without setting forth the various modifications that areap parent from the nature of the game.

What I claim, is

l. A projectable game-piece consisting of a semi-spherical base portionof heavy material, a covering of flexible material on the curvedsurface, and a hollow conical piece of comparatively light weightmaterial attached to the covering, whereby when the game piece isprojected onto a plane surface the curved surface of the base portionwill cause the piece to remain in an upright position.

2. A projectile game-piece consisting of a semi-spherical base portionof relatively heavy material, with the plane surface thereof uppermost,and a conical-shaped piece of light weight material secured to the baseportion at or near its plane surface, whereby when the piece isprojected onto a horizontal surface the piece will remain in an uprightposition, as described.

PERCY B. ATKINS.

Witnesses:

HERBERT R. HALL, J 0s. D. P. RENAU.

